Original Airdate: Thursday, August 14th, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida
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We get a Tyler Breeze/Adrian Neville hype video to start.
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round Match
Bull Dempsey & Mojo Rawley vs. Vaudevillains
We get some shenanigans from the Vaudevillains while working on the arm of Mojo. Bull gets tagged in and he starts working on Gotch. Mojo tags in, but Bull isn't super happy about it. It leads to Gotch hitting a rolling senton and English hitting a top rope senton for the victory. Bull isn't happy after the match, so he clotheslines him and continues his attack. I just don't really care for either of these guys. The crowd gets behind Bull because they are done with Mojo.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Sasha Banks confronts Bayley backstage. Sasha says that she's next in line and we'll find that out tonight.
NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender Match
Bayley vs. Sasha Banks
Bayley shows off a little bit of an aggressive side and then we get a series of pinfall attempts. This is probably the most these ladies have been able to show off in a match. Bayley continues to get the better of her, so Sasha rolls out of the ring. We even get a commercial break here, which is a rarity for women's matches. During the break, Sasha hits a double knee to the midsection of Bayley. Sasha hits the Back Stabber and then puts on the Banks Statement. Bayley reverses it into a pinfall and is your new #1 contender. Charlotte comes out to reach out her hand to Bayley and ends up raising her hand. This was a pretty good match that actually got a chance to give the ladies a proper match.
Match Rating: **1/4
NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round Match
Sin Cara & Kalisto vs. Wesley Blake & Blake Murphy
This is Murphy and Blake's first televised match as a team. Cara and Kalisto are obvious the legit team at this point, so they dominate most of it. They hit a nice missile dropkick combo and then Salida del Sol for the quick victory. There wasn't much to this one, but the victors looked solid.
Match Rating: 1/2*
NXT Championship Match
Tyler Breeze vs. Adrian Neville
Neville gets Breeze out of the ring, but when Neville goes on the apron, Breeze kicks his legs out from under him. Tyson Kidd is now out and stands next to the announce team. Breeze slows down the match before dumping Neville out of the ring. He meets him out there and throws him into the steps before throwing him back in. Neville makes a comeback, but it is short-lived, as Breeze hits a dropkick while Neville is in midair. Breeze hits a bulldog into the second turnbuckle, but Neville hits a superkick for a 2 count. They battle up on the turnbuckles and Neville hits a sunset flip powerbomb for a 2 count. He goes up top, but Breeze rolls out of the way. Breeze hits a huge tornado DDT, but Neville kicks out. I just realized that Mike Chioda is the referee for the match. Breeze goes for a German suplex, but Neville lands on his feet and he then hits one on Breeze into a bridge for a 2 count. Neville hits a dive onto Breeze and Tyson walks over that way. Neville hits him with a superkick and then hits a kick on Breeze. He heads up top, but Kidd grabs his foot and Neville spills to the mat. Tyson attacks him and then Breeze comes in and attacks Kidd. Out comes Sami Zayn and he knocks both heels out of the ring. His music hits and that's all for this week. This was a solid main event, but it felt like they were holding back a little bit. The ending was a little flat, but the match was good enough to make up for it.
Match Rating: ***
This was a very focused episode that had four matches that all had meaning behind them. Nothing was must see, but it was entertaining from start to finish.
Overall Rating: 66%
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